Follow Up

Apple Removes '2024' Timeframe From Next-Generation CarPlay Page

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/23/apple-removes-2024-from-next-gen-carplay-page/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon 

UK competition authority formally investigating iPhone App Store monopoly

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/23/uk-competition-authority-formally-investigating-iphone-app-store-monopoly/ 

DEI ending

https://www.chcoc.gov/content/initial-guidance-regarding-deia-executive-orders 

https://urbanists.social/@Karstan/113874546135323862 

A free upgrade could let Philips Hue and other Zigbee bulbs act as motion sensors

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/22/a-free-upgrade-could-let-philips-hue-and-other-zigbee-bulbs-act-as-motion-sensors/#more-987011 

Bambu Lab pushes a “control system” for 3D printers, and boy, did it not go well

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/bambu-lab-pushes-a-control-system-for-3d-printers-and-boy-did-it-not-go-well/ 

TikTok ban suspended for 75 days, but Trump order may not be legal

https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/21/tiktok-ban-suspended-for-75-days-but-trump-order-may-not-be-legal/#more-986817 

Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musk’s X

https://www.politico.eu/article/le-monde-france-top-newspaper-quits-elon-musk-x/ 

News 

Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/23/israeli-military-gaza-war-microsoft?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

Apple g4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ThMmgQdpE 

Related: Microsoft and the Amazon Jungle

https://www.ft.com/content/3ac7e92f-bea5-4460-8791-23a2697d8b80

Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/could-hackers-use-new-attack-to-take-down-european-power-grid/ 

Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/apple_watch_pfas_bands/ 

Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/dhs_axes_cyber_advisory_boards/ 

Samsung’s Galaxy S25 event was an AI presentation with occasional phone hardware

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/samsungs-galaxy-s25-event-was-an-ai-presentation-with-occasional-phone-hardware/ 

China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/china_tokamak_plasma_record_claim/ 

Digital passports among IDs to be available in UK government app

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/digital-passports-among-ids-to-be-available-in-uk-government-app?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 

New Sony Headphones???

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/01/24/sony-wh-1000xm6-headphones-fc-filing/

Media 

New year, same streaming headaches: Netflix raises prices by up to 16 percent

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/new-netflix-price-hikes-increase-subscription-fees-by-up-to-2-50-a-month/ 

Bank of Dave 2

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bank_of_dave_2_the_loan_ranger

Prime Target

https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/prime-target/umc.cmc.5hje8i3v25dzow2olljxetnus 

Secret Level Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Level-Season-1/dp/B0DJPRN1FJ 

Beast Games

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Level-Season-1/dp/B0DJPRN1FJ 

Games

Tempest Rising

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486920/Tempest_Rising/ 

Civilisation 7

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII/

Settlements Rising?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2378910/Settlements_Rising/

Main Show

Operating a drone in the UK 

https://www.caa.co.uk/drones/rules-and-categories-of-drone-flying/introduction-to-drone-flying-and-the-uk-rules/ 

Rods Drone

https://www.dji.com/uk/neo 

App of the Week 

Apple Notes

https://www.icloud.com/notes/ 

Thing of the Week 

A Man Called Otto

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_man_called_otto

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